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TIL Tom Clancy’s stories were so detailed, many assumed he was ex-military. In fact he never served. He wrote most of his stories in his spare time whilst working as an insurance salesman.

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yQvme TIL in 2015, the waiting time for organ transplants in America decreased for the first time in 25 years — and it's been decreasing ever since. The reason, however, is the massive increase in drug overdose deaths.
4k0bN TIL about the 4000-Year-Old “Longshan Giant” Discovered in Shaanxi Province, China.
5YOx8 TIL that there is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but or so. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions.
kOE54 TIL scientists observed the transition of unicellular yeast to multicellularity by repeatedly separating cells by gravity and collecting the cells settled at the bottom of the tubes. The cells eventually formed clusters and subsequent genetic mutations favored the clusters over the individual cells.
Breb TIL the catholic church is spending money to lobby states to not over turn statute of limitation laws that are protecting priest who raped children .